CG ends search for swimmers

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for two male swimmers, ages 12 and 19, in the vicinity of Perdido Pass near the Alabama-Florida state line in the early evening of Aug. 11. GC Sector Mobile, Ala., watchstanders received notification from Baldwin County, Ala., 911 at 7:12 p.m. of two male swimmers who went under the water and did not reappear. The swimmers were described as wearing orange and blue swim trunks and were last seen approximately 20 yards from shore. Anyone with information that may help is asked to contact CG Sector Mobile command center at (251) 441-6211. (Source: Coast Guard 08/11/17) UPDATE: The search ended Aug. 12 when the bodies of the two swimmers were recovered near Perdido Pass. (CG 08/12/17)